THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 20 June 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand’s Transport Ministry Prepares for Reopening of 10 Tourist Provinces

Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Transport Ministry is preparing for the reopening of 10 tourist provinces to foreign tourists in the third and fourth quarters of this year, after Phuket reopens to overseas visitors from 1 July, under the Phuket “sandbox” scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221041-thailand’s-transport-ministry-prepares-for-reopening-of-10-tourist-provinces/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Opposition dealt a blow as Thai parliament’s legal advisory committee rejects key draft charter amendment

 

 

The attempt by Thailand’s opposition parties to craft a new Constitution, through the establishment of a Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA), has been dealt a setback, after parliament’s legal advisory committee president rejected one of their key draft amendments.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221080-opposition-dealt-a-blow-as-thai-parliament’s-legal-advisory-committee-rejects-key-draft-charter-amendment/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Over 700 volunteers join mixed vaccine use research project in Thailand

 

 

More than 700 people have volunteered to join a research project, initiated by Thailand’s well known virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan, of the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, to study the immune response and safety of mixed COVID-19 inoculation, using AstraZeneca and Sinovac.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221083-over-700-volunteers-join-mixed-vaccine-use-research-project-in-thailand/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pheu Thai Party insists Thai Charter Court does not ban writing of a new charter

 

 

Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai Party has challenged the decision, of the parliament president’s legal advisory committee, rejecting the party’s draft charter amendment on the grounds that it contravenes a Constitutional Court ruling.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221084-pheu-thai-party-insists-thai-charter-court-does-not-ban-writing-of-a-new-charter/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket fisheries chief defends blacktip shark fishing, ‘not illegal’

 

 

PHUKET: Watcharin Rattanachoo, Chief of the Phuket Fisheries Office, has repeated his explanation that the fishing of blacktip reef sharks in areas not protected by law is not illegal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221085-phuket-fisheries-chief-defends-blacktip-shark-fishing-‘not-illegal’/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Laos national caught in latest Phuket drug arrests

 

 

PHUKET: Thalang Police have named a Laos national among three men arrested for drugs in Pa Khlok this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221086-laos-national-caught-in-latest-phuket-drug-arrests/

 

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Navy renders assistance to fishermen adrift off Dokmai island

 

 

PHUKET: A navy patrol boat was dispatched last night to render assistance to six fishermen on a boat adrift east of Koh Dokmai, east of Phuket, after the boat had run out of fuel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221087-navy-renders-assistance-to-fishermen-adrift-off-dokmai-island/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Chulalongkorn Hospital Launches New Transgender Health Clinic

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital has opened a new Gender Health Clinic (GHC), one of the first to focus specifically on catering to the needs of the transgender community.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221088-chulalongkorn-hospital-launches-new-transgender-health-clinic/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

The Future of Travel - How will Travel Change? 

 

 

BANGKOK: To counter the impacts of COVID-19 and prepared for the future post pandemic, global travel will need to change. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221090-the-future-of-travel-how-will-travel-change /

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Unidentified woman falls from closed building on Walking Street overnight

 

 

An unidentified woman fell an estimated four meters from a closed commercial building on Walking Street in South Pattaya around 11:30 P.M. last night, June 19th, 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221092-unidentified-woman-falls-from-closed-building-on-walking-street-overnight/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Man returns lost parakeet to owner in Pattaya area, treated to a Thai BBQ dinner as a reward

 

 

Banglamung – A man has returned a lost ring-necked parakeet in Banglamung to its owner who provided a special Mookata Thai-style BBQ dinner as a thank you.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221093-man-returns-lost-parakeet-to-owner-in-pattaya-area-treated-to-a-thai-bbq-dinner-as-a-reward/

 

[rooster59]

Blame games everywhere as good and bad side of Covid response is highlighted

 

 

Covid-19 - and all its bells and whistles - visited this columnist’s family this week. 

 

Our experiences over the last seven days highlight much of what is good and bad about the response to the pandemic and other health and social issues in Thailand. And mirrors the country as a whole from politicians and community leaders down to ordinary folk.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221094-blame-games-everywhere-as-good-and-bad-side-of-covid-response-is-highlighted/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 3,682 new COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths

 

 

Thailand on Sunday (June 20) reported 3,682 new COVID-19 cases and 20 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221098-thailand-reports-3682-new-covid-19-cases-20-deaths/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

129,000 foreign tourists to visit Phuket by end of September

 

 

Approximately 129,000 foreign tourists will visit Phuket between July and September, officials said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221101-129000-foreign-tourists-to-visit-phuket-by-end-of-september/

 

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